Enhancement of Discharge Capacity of Mg/MnO2 Primary Cell with Nano-MnO2-Graphene as Cathode

Selvam Mohanraj

Abstract


In the present study, pristine a-MnO2 and graphene mixed with nanoparticles a-MnO2-based cathode were prepared and their electrochemical performances were studied in a magnesium/ manganese dioxide-graphene (Mg/a-MnO2-graphene) primary battery cell. A modified Mg/MnO2-graphene primary cell was constructed using the prepared α-MnO2 nanoparticles [Sample A (α-MnO2) and Sample B (α-MnO2-graphene)] and electrochemically synthesized graphene in a Swagelok type cell. The discharge measurements of the modified Mg/MnO2 cell were analyzed using galvanostatic constant current (1, 5 and 10 mA) discharge with the cutoff voltage of 0.2V. The discharge capacity of α-MnO2 based cathode was 20, 46 and 73 mAhg-1 respectively at 1, 5, 10 mA constant current, respectively. Similarly the discharge capacity of α-MnO2-graphene based cathode was 68, 308 and 271 mAhg-1, respectively. Moreover, the discharge capacity of cathode based on α-MnO2-graphene increased three times compared to α-MnO2 based electrode. The present work unveils that graphene-a-MnO2 based cathode is suitable for primary magnesium battery application.


Keywords


Nanoparticles, Graphene, Cathode Material, Discharge Capacity, Modified Mg/MnO2 Primary Cell.

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